日本内阁从２００１年１月起将现有的１府（总理府）２２个省厅削减到１府１２个省厅,人员削减１０%,并在今后１０年内再逐渐削减２５%。这是战后５０多年来对政府机构的第一次大的改革。主要目的是为了建立面向２１世纪新的行政体系:确保政府能制定综合性、战略性的政策,强化 Since January 2001, the Cabinet of Ministers has reduced the 22 prefectures and offices of the existing 1 prefectural office (the prime minister’s office) to 12 prefectures and offices of 1 prefectural government and reduced its personnel by 10% and gradually reduced it by 25% in the next 10 years. This is the first major reform of government agencies in the past 50 years or more since the war. The main purpose is to establish a new administrative system for the 21st century: to ensure that the government can formulate comprehensive and strategic policies and strengthen